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PRESS RELEASE July 15th 2008 Digital Preservation Solutions showcased at the International Congress on Archives 2008, Kuala Lumpur The advances of computer technology offer many new opportunities but also new challenges. Records stored in popular file formats today may be unreadable in the near future because of constant changes in hardware, software and media technology. One of the most important challenges is tackling the problem of digital preservation, ensuring that the digital information we create and store today will continue to be accessible for as long as we may need it. Dr Robert Sharpe, Tessella's head of Digital Archiving Solutions, commented: "Tessella has been working on advanced digital archiving solutions for many years, alongside some of the world's most farsighted archiving organizations. In partnership with the UK National Archives, Tessella developed the Safety Deposit Box (SDB) to help confront the problem of digital preservation. The core SDB software has been in use at the UK National Archives for four years, and has recently been significantly enhanced as part of their Seamless Flow programme. Other users of SDB include Arkib Negara (Malaysia), the British Library, and the Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv (Swiss Federal Archives). Bill Cheng at VersaPAC said: "Delivering a complete solution requires the archiving technology to be built into the day-to-day system within an organization. For Arkib Negara we used the Trim Context system from Tower to provide the records management component and built bespoke workflows to transfer data from Trim into the new Archive, thereby delivering a complete and seamless solution. The system was successfully rolled out in two phases during 2007." Mr Geoff Moore at Tower Software added: "The integration of world-leading archive technology with Tower's records management capability is a very exciting development and one we hope many other national archives and blue-chip organizations will benefit from." Pn Hajah Mahfuzah binti Yusof, Managing Director of the Electronic Records And Information Technology Management, Arkib Negara concluded: "This is a crucial and exciting time for archives around the world. We need to share and build on each other's experience in order to solve the new preservation challenges." Tessella, VersaPAC and Tower Software are exhibiting at the International Congress of Archiving 2008 from the July 22nd until July 26th. Yahya Abdullah of VersaPAC will be presenting the Arkib Nagara solution on July 23rd. Dr Robert Sharpe of Tessella and Mr Mark Evans of Tessella Inc will be speaking on 'The Problems of Digital Preservation of Archives' on July 24th. Contact details Tessella Support Services plc (Headquarters) 3 Vineyard Chambers Abingdon Oxfordshire, OX14 3PX UK Tel: +44 (0) 1235 555511, Fax: +44 (0) 1235 553301 Tessella also has UK offices in Burton upon Trent, Cambridge, Stevenage, Warrington and Winchester Tessella Support Services plc Tauro Kantorencentrum President Kennedylaan 19 2517JK Den Haag The Netherlands Tel/Fax: +31 (0) 70 354 2296 Tessella Inc 233 Needham Street, Suite 300 Newton, MA 02464 USA Tel: (1) 617 454 1220, Fax: (1) 617 454 1001 Tessella Inc also has an office in Washington DC http://www.tessella.com/ [log in to unmask] VersaPAC Unit A-17-1 Menara Atlas Plaza Pantai 5 Jalan 4/83A 59200 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tel: 6012 2515 633 Tower Head Office Level 1 220 Northbourne Avenue Braddon Act 2612 Australia ************************************************************************ *************************************************************** Carol Jackson Administration and Events Manager Digital Preservation Coalition Innovation Centre York Science Park Heslington YO10 5DG e-mail: [log in to unmask] tel: +44 (0) 1904 435 362 https: www.dpconline.org The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. The content of this email does not constitute legal advice. Neither the author of this message nor the represents itself as an expert and neither can accept any responsibility for loss or damage incurred as a result of acting upon information contained in this email. We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses, so please scan all attachments. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the DPC, Registered Office, Innovation Centre, York Science Park, Heslington, YORK YO10 5DG. Registered in England No: 4492292